Land vehicles inventions 06/06

20060138732 - Vehicle stabilizer system: A stabilizer system for a vehicle including: a stabilizer bar connected to left and right wheels at respective opposite ends thereof, an actuator which has an electric motor and which changes elastic force to be exhibited by the stabilizer bar, as a result of control of an operation of the...

20060138733 - Suspension adjustment system: A retrofitable or OEM installed vehicle suspension system at least one sensor (18) capable resolving pitch and/or roll of a vehicle. The sensor (18) output is used to control wheel position with respect to the vehicle by means of at least one wheel actuator (14). Thus, the suspension and wheel...

20060138735 - Inline skates having shock absorber: An inline skate including air tubes for absorbing shock transmitted to respective wheels so as to use rigid wheels, and to protect the knees and ankles from shock. The inline skate includes a frame having insertion holes receiving shock absorbers, guide recesses, and brackets for defining desired spaces, a wheel...

20060138734 - In-line skates: An in-line skate includes a boot, a wheel frame, wheels, wheel mounting devices. The wheel frame includes a top mounting board, a first side mounting board, and a second side mounting board. The top mounting board meets with the two parallel side mounting boards, forming an wheel accepting groove, and...

20060138738 - Canoe buddy: A canoe transportation system which is lightweight and easy to operate by one person. The user can easily move the canoe and its contents across the terrain without excessive effort or without causing damage to the underside of the canoe. Thus the CANOE BUDDY is a considerably easier method to...

20060138736 - Suspension assembly: A suspension assembly adapted to be fitted to a manually drawn two wheeled golf buggy includes a chassis mount typically arranged to be mounted into the existing axle tube of a conventional golf buggy by way of a spigot, a scissor link in the form of a chassis mount arm...

20060138737 - Water caddy: A water caddy for capturing, containing, transporting, and emptying a fluid includes an open top fluid container pivotally attached to a cabinet set on wheels. The fluid container is pivotable between a fill position in which the container receives fluid through the open top and an empty position in which...

20060138739 - Apparatus and method for reducing shear loading on elements connecting an axle and a chassis of a vehicle: An apparatus and method for mounting or assembling an axle or axle housing and a chassis of a vehicle, which improves fit-up between a chassis and axle and reduces shear loads exerted against connectors such as bolts or the like connecting the axle and chassis. The chassis and axle are...

20060138740 - Wheel angle adjustment apparatus for automobile suspension system: Disclosed herein is a wheel angle adjustment apparatus for automobile suspension systems. The wheel angle adjustment apparatus of the present invention has a structure such that upper, lower, left and right gaps between a spindle bracket and a wheel bracket are changed by tightening or loosening a plurality of locking...

20060138741 - Vehicle suspension systems: A vehicle suspension system includes an airbag (10) arranged to act substantially horizontally so as to apply a substantially horizontal force to a horizontally movable force-transmitting member (12) and a parallelogram linkage (16, 17, 18, 19) that acts between the force-transmitting member (12) and a part (14) of the vehicle...

20060138742 - Bicycle propulsion system and product thus obtained: This new bicycle propulsion system is based on propulsion of a bicycle (12) by means of a system consisting of a pedal (4) intended to receive the toes such that the force obtained by pedaling with this pedal (4) is transmitted to the drive wheel (8) as a result of...

20060138743 - Flexible frame for bicycle and the like: One aspect of the present invention is comprised of a flexible rear frame member for a bicycle or velocipede. Other embodiments of the invention also include one or more assemblies, such as a rear wheel assembly, a seat assembly, a crank assembly, and strut members, which are adapted to be...

20060138744 - Front fork apparatus in two-wheeled vehicle or the like: In a front fork apparatus of a two-wheeled vehicle or the like in which left and right front fork constituted by vehicle body side tubes and tire wheel side tubes which are slidably fitted to each other, are provided in both left and right sides of a front wheel, and...

20060138745 - Trailer hitch with separated functions: A hitch assembly for coupling a trailer to a tow vehicle includes a number of assemblies, including converging links and a slide assembly, that effectively places the pivot point for the trailer ahead of the actual hitch assembly, which in turn enhances the stability of the combination tow vehicle and...

20060138746 - Trailer hitch with separated functions: The invention relates to an improved hitch coupling assembly which dampens the hunting movements of a road trailer being towed by a motor vehicle and which is intended for a vehicle combination comprising a motor vehicle and a trailer. More specifically, the inventive hitch coupling assembly (4) comprises: (i) a...

20060138747 - System for skis: A kick-enhancing system for a ski, including a band or strip which on one flat surface thereof is attachable to a portion of the ski sole by means of an adhesive, and which on the opposite side is equipped with a skin, a no-wax covering or a ski wax covering....

20060138748 - Head protecting airbag: A head protecting airbag includes a bag body and an inner tube. The inner tube is provided within the bag body so as to be separated with respect to an inner peripheral surface of an inflation main part of the bag body so as provide a protecting area directly therebelow...

20060138749 - Airbag packet, production method therefor, and airbag device: A method is provided for shaping an airbag into a predetermined packet by simply compressing the airbag without regularly folding the airbag. In one form, a curtain airbag is provided in a case so that an upper side thereof is disposed near a bottom face and a lower side thereof...

20060138750 - Mounting structure of curtain airbag: Covers are provided with a detachable portion for being separated from each other during the deployment of a cushion, thus facilitating the deployment of the cushion. A guide made of a flexible material encloses the outer periphery of the covers in which one end of the guide is fixed to...

20060138751 - Vehicle upholstery member having air bag door, and method and device for producing the same: A vehicle upholstery member having an invisible type air bag door formed with a break-scheduled line that is designed for easy measurement of depth or the like and that cannot be recognized from the front surface side; a method of producing the same; and a device for producing the same....

20060138752 - Airbag and airbag apparatus: An airbag includes an inner panel for partitioning an interior of the airbag into a first chamber and a second chamber surrounding the first chamber. The inner panel has communication ports for communication between the first chamber and the second chamber. In an airbag inflated state, at least some of...

20060138753 - Airbag apparatus: An airbag apparatus includes an airbag, a gas generator, a retainer to which the airbag and the gas generator are attached, and a module cover for covering the folded airbag. The airbag has a front panel, a rear panel, and an inner panel for partitioning the airbag interior into a...

20060138754 - Airbag device for rollover countermeasure of vehicle: A rear window curtain airbag device comprises an airbag placed at the portion. near the upper edge of the rear window, an inflator to inject gas for the airbag, and a connecting pipe to supply the gas injected from the inflator to the airbag. Accordingly, the passenger's protection can be...

20060138755 - Air-bag: An air-bag is disclosed which takes the form of an inflatable curtain, having a gas inlet neck to receive gas from a gas generator. The air-bag has a tether which extends from the exterior of the air-bag at a point adjacent to the gas inlet neck. Part of the tether...

20060138756 - Head-protecting airbag: The head-protecting airbag according to the present invention is formed by hollow-weaving method, and includes a gas admissive portion inflatable with inflation gas to separate its vehicle's inner wall and vehicle's outer wall, and a non-admissive portion admitting no inflation gas. The non-admissive portion includes mounting portions arranged in the...

20060138757 - Occupant protection device: An occupant protection device for protecting a vehicle occupant in the event of a vehicle accident, with a gas generator and an airbag which is connected to the gas generator and is inflated by the gas generator in the event of an accident. The gas generator includes a combustion chamber...

20060138759 - Detection system, occupant protection device, vehicle, and detection method: An occupant detection apparatus is provided for a vehicle. In one form, the detection apparatus includes a photographing means for detecting a three-dimensional surface profile of a vehicle occupant relating to a single view point, a digitizing means for digitizing the three-dimensional surface profile thus detected, a seat cushion height...

20060138758 - Device for controlling a retaining system: A device is provided for triggering a restraint means, e.g., a two-stage deployment airbag, the device triggering a second airbag stage as a function of a criterion, derived from the acceleration signal, and the closing velocity. The criterion is, in particular, the deployment time for the first airbag stage. As...

20060138760 - Airbag with gas distribution pipe: A gas distribution pipe for balanced inflation and deployment of a side curtain airbag. The pipe has an end gas discharge opening and side gas discharge openings. The side discharge openings are configured to deflect the exiting gas so that at least a portion of the gas flows backwards along...

20060138761 - Airbag and airbag apparatus: An airbag includes an inner panel for partitioning an interior of the airbag into a first chamber and a second chamber surrounding the first chamber. The inner panel has at least one communication port for communication between the first chamber and the second chamber. In an airbag uninflated state in...

20060138762 - Method and system for folding airbags: Systems and methods for folding airbags are disclosed. An airbag folding body includes a cavity having a rear wall and a top wall, the rear wall being opposite an entrance of an airbag cushion. The airbag folding body also includes a notch formed at an intersection of the top wall...

20060138763 - Airbag and sensor-equipped roll bar for open vehicles: A vehicle safety device for open top, convertible or soft-topped vehicles that has a roll bar that is welded to an existing vehicle with sensors that trigger the deployment of airbags in an event of a vehicle roll-over to cover the top and the sides of the driver and passenger...

20060138764 - Front-end vehicle structure: A front-end vehicle structure for a motor vehicle, in particular for a commercial vehicle, includes two longitudinal members and two crash box elements. It is essential to the invention that two connecting members are provided which each connect one of the longitudinal members to the associated crash box, element. Each...

20060131823 - Modular in-line skate frame assembly: An in-line skate frame includes two lateral plates connected to a mounting plate, and a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart holes disposed transversely in a bottom side of the mounting plate. Each lateral plate includes longitudinally spaced-apart upward projections each having an upper slot, and indented edges each formed between...

20060131824 - Readily controllable skateboard, snowboard, surfboard, and the like: A readily controllable skateboard comprises a board having a top side and an under side. A front wheel carriage and a rear wheel carriage are mounted in downwardly extending relation on the under side of the board. A “U”-bolt is secured to the board so as to be generally centrally...

20060131825 - Cargo cart system incorporating a portable container cradle: A cargo cart system with a cradle assembly includes a pair of support rails with generally sinuous upper and lower surfaces and at least one cross bar spanning the support rails. The sinuous upper and lower surfaces are maintained in mirrored relation with one another to define pairs of laterally...

20060131826 - Removable wheel system: The present invention is directed to devices having wheels, and specifically, a method and device for making the wheels easily detachable and interchangeable....

20060131827 - Textured all-terrain vehicle fenders: The present disclosure describes an all terrain straddle-type vehicle for carrying a load including a rider. The vehicle includes a frame, a plurality of wheels, a rear fender, a front fender, and a body panel. The wheels, including front and rear wheels coupled to the frame. The fenders are secured...

20060131828 - Vehicle steering apparatus: A vehicle steering apparatus comprises a rack shaft, a joint provided at an end of the rack shaft, a stopper for regulating a stroke amount of the rack shaft, and a spacer. The spacer comprises an annular elastic member and an annular metal member. The elastic member comprises an inner...

20060131829 - Twist-beam axle for the rear suspension of a motor vehicle and method for its production: The twist-beam axle (10) comprises a central cross-member (11) compliant to torsion and a pair of trailing arms (12) fixed to side end portions (11a) of the cross-member (11) for articulated connection of the axle to the vehicle body and for support of the rear wheels. Each trailing arm (12)...

20060131830 - Apparatus for stabilizing a unicycle: A device for allowing a person to ride a unicycle is disclosed. The device easily attaches to a unicycle to allow a person to ride the unicycle. The device has two modes of operation; it can at least partially stabilize the unicycle in two degrees of rotation, yaw and pitch...

20060131831 - Kick n go lightning bolt skateboard: A revolutionized skateboard consisting of a thick platform (10) accomodating a transmission pedal (12), a toothed v-shaped rod (12D), a brake pad (14), two ratchet gears (30) a toothed rod (28C), two box springs (12B), a toothed wheel (28) and five wheels (26) incorporated into a transmission system. Also accomodating...

20060131832 - Vehicle propulsion system: A human-powered vehicle includes a driven wheel with a cantilevered hub, and a hand-operable crank for vehicle propulsion. In a wheelchair the hand cranks are supported on towers that are lowerable to fit under a desk or table. With the vehicle at rest, cranking motion of the crank in a...

20060131833 - Wheelchairs: A wheelchair (10) comprises a seat member (14) pivotally mounted on support beam (16) of a chassis (12). The chassis (12) includes a pair of spaced-apart side elements (18), each depending from the support beam (16) and having a first part (20) supporting a front ground-engaging wheel (22) and a...

20060131834 - Kayak carrier: A kayak carrier with a pair of spaced horizontal supports having open-topped hull supports defining essentially continuous curved surfaces that permit the edge of a kayak to be inserted easily and to naturally rotate into a locking position. In the preferred form the kayak carrier has two spaced horizontal rack...

20060131835 - Convertible handle: A convertible handle having a tongue portion and a handle portion. The handle portion has a clevis proximate a first end thereof and a gripping region proximate a second end thereof. The handle portion is pivotable with respect to the tongue portion for manually towing a towed vehicle that is...

20060131836 - Locking system for pivoting trailer coupler assembly: Disclosed are improved devices for rotatably-coupled trailer coupler assemblies. The disclosed devices include a lock assembly that can be used to lock and unlock a coupler arm of a swing-type trailer coupler assembly in predetermined positions, such as towing and storage positions. The lock assembly includes a lock member that...

20060131837 - Steerable chassis for work vehicle: A steerable chassis for work vehicle, having a coupling with a hinge that has a vertical axis in order to act as a steering system and an articulation that has a horizontal axis in order to ensure greater freedom of torsional oscillation of that chassis. The chassis has a device...

20060131838 - Sliding board, in particular alpine ski or snowboard: The invention relates to a sliding board, in particular alpine ski or snowboard, with a sliding-board basic body and a binding-receiving plate. According to the invention, the binding-receiving plate is integrated as a supporting part in the central region of the sliding-board basic body, in which it is used, by...

20060131839 - Device for supporting a boot on a sports article: A device for supporting a foot or a boot on a sports apparatus, such as a snowboard binding. The device includes a base plate associated with a rear support element, which extends transversely between a lateral edge and a medial edge. The device includes at least one wing adapted to...

20060131840 - Children's stroller: The invention is directed to strollers for children and, more specifically, to various features of a stroller providing increased comfort and functionality over prior art strollers. The exemplary stroller of the present invention includes a napper bar including a removable tray insert that is adapted to be attached and detached...

20060131841 - Frame structure for baby stroller with detachable infant carrier: Disclosed is a frame structure for baby stroller, which includes two front-leg tubes, two rear-leg tubes, two handlebars pivotally coupled to the front-leg tubes, two bottom tubes respectively pivotally coupled between the front-leg tubes and the rear-leg tubes; two front extension bars respectively pivoted to the two front-leg tubes, each...

20060131842 - Retaining clamp: The invention relates to a retaining clamp (2) for securing objects, in particular gas storage cylinders (1) for airbags, having a clamping ring (3) which encircles the object and engages around the object in a clamping manner in particular by means of mechanical deformation upon installation (clamping means 11) and,...

20060131843 - Air bag module: An air bag module for a motor vehicle. The air bag module includes a housing, an air bag, an inflator, and a tear panel having a weakened area. The tear panel directs deployment of the air bag away from a vehicle occupant before the weakened area tears....

20060131844 - Airbag assembly for improving force distribution: An airbag assembly for a motor vehicle does not require any heat stakes and permits a deployment door to be formed in the interior panel without the need for scoring or other pre-weakening thereof. The airbag chute is constructed of plastic and includes a substrate facing surface. A door assembly...

20060131845 - A multi-chambered air bag for a motor vehicle: A side impact air bag for a motor vehicle. The air bag includes a plurality of chambers. Each chamber is associated with a head, shoulder, thorax, or pelvic region of a seat occupant. A separator is disposed between adjacent chambers. The chambers may be inflated to different pressures and in...

20060131846 - Airbag and airbag apparatus: An airbag has a first inner panel and a second inner panel arranged substantially in a concentric relation with a front panel and a rear panel in an interior of an airbag, and outer peripheral edge portions are stitched to each other by a high-strength seam. A center portion of...

20060131849 - Head-protecting airbag apparatus: The head-protecting airbag apparatus of the present invention includes an airbag and a guide bracket. The guide bracket includes two guide walls and a joint wall, thereby has a generally U-shaped cross section, and accommodates the folded airbag between the two guide walls. The guide bracket is located above a...

20060131848 - Seat with a side airbag: A seat 10 with a side airbag has front and side reinforcement fabrics 21a and 21b covering a front and a side of an airbag unit 22, respectively. These reinforcement fabrics are joined to each other so as to be deployed at an inflating position of an airbag 20 by...

20060131847 - Side airbag device: A side airbag device having an airbag and an inflator. The airbag has an airbag body which is unfolded and inflated, by gas supplied from an inflator, between the body side of a vehicle and an occupant's chest to head region. A projecting portion is unfolded and inflated from the...

20060131850 - Horn switch device, airbag system, and steering wheel: A horn switch device includes a retractable body, an unmoving body, first and second biasing members for biasing the retractable body in a restoring direction, and first and second contact members. The contact members are attached to, and move with, the retractable body, and are capable of contacting each other...

20060131851 - Horn switch device, airbag system, and steering wheel: A horn switch device includes a retractable body, an unmoving body facing the retractable body, a biasing member between the retractable body and the unmoving body, a pair of contact members attached to, and moving with, the retractable body, and a contacting body, formed on the unmoving body, for contacting...

20060131852 - Gas bag module with a discharge opening: A gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint device includes a rigid component (10). The rigid component (10) has a discharge opening (12) formed therein through which gas can escape. A control arrangement through which gas can pass is provided at the discharge opening (12). The control arrangement is...

20060131853 - Gas generator for air bag and air bag apparatus: A gas generator for an air bag in which safety and reliability are improved. Even when a gas generating agent 9a inside a first combustion chamber 5a is burnt, a gas generating agent 9b is prevented from being burnt by function of a metal thin plate 11 closing a communication...

20060131854 - Airbag device: An airbag device comprises an inflator which generates a pressure by means of a fluid; an airbag which expands by the pressure from said inflator; and an inlet pipe which communicates between said inflator and said airbag, wherein said inlet pipe comprises: a straight portion having an approximately equal inner...

20060131855 - Gas bag module with a discharge opening: A gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint device includes a rigid component (10). The rigid component (10) has a discharge opening (12) formed therein through which gas can escape. A plate (14) is arranged over the discharge opening (12) and overlaps the discharge opening (12) at a distance....

20060131856 - Gas bag module with a discharge opening: A gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint device includes a rigid component (10). The rigid component (10) has a discharge opening (12) formed therein through which gas can escape. The discharge opening (12) is covered by a flat covering part (14). The flat covering part (14) includes an...

20060131857 - Gas bag module with a discharge opening: A gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint device includes a rigid component (16). The rigid component (16) has a discharge opening (14) formed therein through which gas can escape. A control element (10) is arranged at the discharge opening (14). The control element (10) assumes a rolled-up state...

20060131859 - Airbag and aribag system: A twin airbag with left and right airbag sections joined together. Each of the left and right airbag sections has at least one vent hole in a panel opposite to a corresponding inner facing panel. The vent holes are disposed at positions at which they align with each other when...

20060131858 - An air bag and a method of folding an air bag: An air bag for a motor vehicle and a method of folding an air bag. The method includes the steps of positioning the air bag, extending the air bag in a first direction, positioning first and second perimeter sections of the air bag toward a center line to create upper...

20060131860 - Automotive knee bolster installation and method of construction: A knee bolster installation for an automotive vehicle includes a bridge plate extending across a space receiving a steering column in front of the driver's knee and having a knee impact absorber structure attached behind each end of the bridge plate. Each knee impact absorber structure has diverging front and...

20060131861 - Automotive knee bolster installation and method of construction: A knee bolster installation for an automotive vehicle having a knee impact absorber structure attached behind each end of a bridge plate, and each knee impact absorber structure having diverging front and back sides, a curved top and a curved intermediate web extending between the front and back sides, and...

20060131862 - Motor vehicle with a movable roof and an extensible rollover protection element: A motor vehicle has a riif which can be adjusted between an opened and a closed position, and which has a roof skin. A rollover protection element can be moved out from an inoperative position into a protection position. For improved rollover protection, when the roof is in the closed...

20060131863 - Pre-crash column release: The invention provides a steering column assembly (10) for a vehicle. The steering column assembly (10) includes first and second steering column members (12, 14) engaged for movement relative to one another along one of a tilting path (16) and a telescoping path. The steering column assembly (10) also includes...

20060131865 - Steering assembly and method of operating the same: A steering assembly and a method of operating the same. The assembly includes a steering column and a steering component operably attached to the steering column. The steering component includes at least one range of motion. The steering component is operably attached to a shaft. At least one gas spring...

20060131864 - Steering column collapse guidance system: The invention provides a steering column assembly (10) having a first steering column member (12) with an upper end (14) and a mounting feature (16). The mounting feature (16) is operative to support against rotation relative to a vehicle and includes first and second mounting portions (30, 32). The steering...

20060131866 - Pretensioner: A gas generating system (24) is provided including a gas generant container (34) and an initiator (28). The initiator (28) is positioned exterior of the gas generant container (34) so as to enable fluid communication with the container (34) upon activation of the initiator (28). A gas generant composition (32)...

20060125195 - Sports board: The invention is directed to a sports board (15). In the preferred embodiment, the board comprises an expanded polymer foam core (16), an extruded thermoplastic polymer outer layer (20) having an inner surface (21) and an outer surface (22), an expanded polymer foam intermediate layer (19) between the core and...

20060125196 - Steering device for pallet truck: A steering device for decreasing a turning radius of a pallet jack includes a ground engaging member connected to a support member of the pallet jack between a main wheel and an extensible wheel. The load supporting member of the pallet jack is positionable between a raised position and a...

20060125197 - Gymnasium floor covering storage and cleaning rack: The present invention relates to a floor covering storage and dispensing rack including a frame equipped with extendable members having castors. Floor lock anchors are also provided on the frame. Upper frame members of the rack support rollers in spaced relation and a crank or motor is provided to rotate...

20060125198 - Wheel alignment and vehicle height adjusting apparatus: At least three length varying means, mounted between an upper end of a strut and a vehicle body, change the position of the strut in relation to the vehicle body, thereby enabling active adjustment of the camber, caster, and vehicle height....

20060125199 - Skateboard deck with grooves on it for grip, and metal plates under the front and rear end for protection: I have created grooves on a skateboard deck for design and grip. The groove/ or grooves will be exclusive or created from a template. The metal plates under the skateboard decks front and rear end will protect the actual deck from serious damage. A hand/ or machine router, or type...

20060125200 - Truck assembly for a skateboard, wheeled platform, or vehicle: A truck assembly for a skateboard having an inner ring adapted to be attachable to a skateboard deck, and an outer ring adapted to be attachable to an axle extending from the outer ring, wherein the axle is configured to receive at least one wheel. The inner ring and the...

20060125202 - Mounting structure of stabilizer bar in vehicle: A mounting structure of an automobile stabilizer bar includes a support bracket fixed at one end thereof to a lateral surface of a crossmember. The other end of the support bracket protrudes out toward the side of a vehicle body. At least one bushing is coupled to a stabilizer bar...

20060125201 - Locking anti-motion suspension: A skid steer vehicle has a suspension that includes a control arm pivotally coupled to the vehicle chassis that is supported by a hydraulic cylinder connected to an accumulator to provide springing. A hydraulic circuit coupled to the cylinder and accumulator permit the operator to raise and lower the chassis,...

20060125203 - Trailer alignment bracket (tab): The Trailer Alignment Bracket (TAB) system is a new concept to aligning any type of trailer. The TAB brackets are made with ⅜ inch to ⅝ inch steel, using Grade 10 bolts. The TAB system consist of 3 different specially designed brackets fitting on trailer framer in front, middle and...

20060125204 - Retractable vehicle step: A retractable step for use with a vehicle comprises a stepping member having a stepping deck, a first arm, a second arm, a motor and a stop. The first arm has a first end pivotally attached to the vehicle, and a second end pivotally attached to the stepping member. The...

20060125205 - Front wheel drive mechanism for bicycle: A front wheel drive mechanism is mounted in a bicycle including a front wheel and two pedals adapted to propel by feet. The mechanism comprises a first transmission assembly connected to the pedals, provided at one side of front wheel, and connected to main frame; a second transmission assembly connected...

20060125206 - Vehicle airbag apparatus: A wearing type airbag apparatus that is worn by a passenger in advance of a collision, wherein the passenger is not prevented from normal movement during normal travel of a vehicle. Upon the vehicle having a collision, an airbag body is immediately inflated and deployed so that an impact against...

20060125207 - Gooseneck hitch assembly with u-shaped toe and method of use: A gooseneck hitch assembly adapted for use with a towing vehicle comprises a gooseneck hitch and a u-shaped toe. The u-shaped toe has legs straddling sides of the gooseneck hitch assembly, the legs connected to one or more powered cylinders mounted to the gooseneck assembly. The u-shaped toe also has...

20060125208 - Trailer for towing after a towing vehicle, a system comprising a trailer and a towing vehicle, and a method of steering a trailer around a turning point: The invention relates to trailer (1) for towing after a towing after a towing vehicle, said trailer (1) comprising a frame (3) configured for carrying a load and having a front end with a coupling (5) configured for connecting the trailer (1) to the towing vehicle and allowing that the...

20060125209 - Trailer assistance apparatus and method of use: This invention relates to trailer assistance apparatus and method of use of the apparatus. More specifically, a trailer docking assistance device is disclosed having an inflexible, fixed marker member permanently secured to a magnetic mounting member sized to reversibly attach the marker member to a towing vehicle. Additionally, this invention...

20060125210 - Stroller with tray fold and fold latch mechanisms: An infant stroller having a fold latch mechanism to lock the stroller in the unfolded or deployed configuration. The side of the stroller contains a latchkey piece having a pocket-like recess that engages a latchpin on the stroller's front leg. When the latchkey is in the locked position, the front...

20060125211 - Foldable chassis for baby carriages: A foldable chassis for baby carriages is provided which includes a base frame formed by two frontally converging side members disposed their front portions linked in a pin-jointed connection to a front support, and two inclined arms disposed at their lower ends respectively linked in a pin-jointed connection to the...

20060125212 - Front-passenger airbag module: A front-passenger airbag module includes a gas generator, a diffuser, a self-supporting airbag, and an airbag housing. To reduce the development costs of a new airbag system, a component system that includes the airbag, the diffuser, the gas generator, and an arched airbag holder, which is arranged between the airbag...

20060125213 - Air-bag: An air-bag is disclosed for mounting in a motor vehicle (2). The air-bag takes the form of an inflatable curtain (1) and is arranged to be mounted in position above a side window opening (5, 6) in the vehicle. The inflatable curtain (1) is configured so that, when inflated, at...

20060125214 - Resiliently compressible deployment ramp for inflatable curtain: An apparatus (10) helps to protect an occupant of a vehicle (12) that has a roof (18), a side structure (16), and a trim piece (310) overlying the side structure. The apparatus (10) includes an inflatable curtain (14) inflatable away from the vehicle roof (18) to a position adjacent the...

20060125215 - Airbag module: An occupant protection device including a wrap for holding an inflatable air bag cushion in a folded shape. The wrap includes a tear seam forming a substantial “U” shape. The tear seam directs the initial airbag deployment toward the bottom of the airbag module and between the lower rim of...

20060125217 - Steering wheel equipped with airbag device: The illuminator constituting an indirect illumination is provided on the driver side of the switch cover of the horn switch provided at the fixed portion. Specifically, the clear acryl plate is provided on the driver side of the switch cover. On the driver side of the acryl plate is provided...

20060125216 - Steering wheel with a static driver airbag module: An assembly of a steering wheel with static airbag module has a rotor portion and a stator portion. A first gear and a second gear are at least partially superimposed. An intermediate supporting element is located between first and second gears with the gears directly axially coupled. An intermediate element...

20060125218 - Airbag arrangement and control device: An airbag arrangement includes: means for inflating an airbag; an airbag cover, which covers a firing channel and is connected to interior paneling; and means for pressurizing the firing channel with gas pressure....

20060125219 - Passenger protection device: A passenger protection device may be configured with an airbag including a protection space portion region for alleviating restraint pressure at the time of restraining a passenger, so as to restrain the passenger, regardless of difference in physical build of the passenger on the vehicle seat at the time of...

20060125220 - Airbag module, especiallly a passenger airbag module: The invention relates to an airbag module, especially a passenger airbag module, comprising a gas generator arranged in a module housing. The aim of the invention is to create an airbag module which provides the gas bag with a sufficient retaining capacity and enables a load-reducing gas bag deployment which...

20060125221 - Gas bag module: A gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint device includes a gas generator for inflating a gas bag, at least one discharge opening formed in a rigid component of the gas bag module, through which discharge opening gas generated by the gas generator and directed into the gas bag...

20060125222 - Airbag and airbag system: An airbag inflated by an inflator is formed of a front panel disposed at a position adjacent to an occupant, and a rear panel disposed at a position opposite to the occupant. Rims of the front panel and the rear panel are joined together. A joint member joins a center...

20060125223 - Occupant restraint system: A restraint system for restraining a recumbent occupant of a vehicle seat surface includes a member being selectively movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The member, when in the deployed position, extends higher than the seat surface and is configured to exert a reaction force on the...

20060125224 - Impact absorbing steering column device for vehicle: In an impact absorbing type steering column apparatus for a vehicle in which two columns are fitted to each other in such a manner that an upper column; while being moved to the front part of the vehicle with respect to a lower column, absorbs the impact energy at a...

20060125225 - Reinforcement device for vehicle: A reinforcement device for a vehicle is formed in a slender shape and comprises a medial region with a hydraulic damper. The damper generates a damping force against deformation in the longitudinal direction. The longitudinal direction is defined as a lateral direction of the associated vehicle body. The reinforcement device...

20060125226 - Sport utility vehicle (suv) frame architecture for improved vehicle-to-vehicle compatibility: According to one embodiment, the invention provides for a light truck including a frame with opposing longitudinal frame rails running along each side of the vehicle. The frame rails include at least a leading portion with vertical placement lowered and selected to substantially align with a passenger car energy management...

20060125227 - Anatomical configuration of safety belts in cars and accessories for its implementation: The subject matter of the invention is a way of shaping anatomically the safety belts of cars, particularly for the use of women, and the devices required for its realization. The essence of this anatomical shaping of a safety belt consists in providing such a form of the belt that...

20060125228 - Sub-assembly mounting system: A mounting arrangement for a modular component such as a fuel tank on a vehicle includes sub-assembly of the fuel tank on a carrier for installation on the chassis. Alignment is provided by alignment arms extending outwardly from the chassis cooperating with mounting tabs disposed downwardly from the module. The...

20060113733 - Wheel construction and a vehicle provided with the wheel construction: The present invention is to provide a wheel construction having a simple and an economical configuration as well as highly utilization value with compacted configuration and having a characteristics in which it can easily climb over an obstacles including a step portion or a projected portion each having a predetermined...

20060113734 - Active roll control system using a motor: An active roll control system includes a stabilizer bar, a stabilizer link having a screw gear formed therein, a rack movably connected to the outside of the stabilizer link, and an electric motor connected to the stabilizer link. The rack has a mating screw gear formed in the inner surface...

20060113735 - Frame protector for in-line skate frame: A frame protector may include a first protective sidewall and a second protective sidewall, with at least one of these protective sidewalls sized so as to extend essentially from proximate the first end to proximate the second end of an underlying frame sidewall, as well as downward to a point...

20060113736 - Rotatably adjustable snowboard binding: A snowboard binding includes a base plate which is selectively rotatable about a center plate of the binding. A tensioning means, preferably in the form of a cable, interconnects the center plate to a lever mounted on the base plate. The cable frictionally engages the center plate when the lever...

20060113737 - Toddler walking aid system and device: The invention is a toddler walking aid system and device that allows a toddler to walk along the side of a stroller or baby carriage without falling. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other...

20060113739 - Commercial vehicle suspension assembly: This invention relates to a commercial vehicle suspension assembly that includes an axle, a rack and pinion steering assembly, and a pivot mount assembly for connecting the rack and pinion steering assembly to the axle of the vehicle. The pivot mount assembly controls a pivoting motion of the axle relative...

20060113738 - Rack-and-pinion steering mechanism: A pressure piece for a rack and pinion steering system of a motor vehicle having an axial roller bearing arranged in each of the two bearing faces of the pressure piece. The bearing faces lie generally opposed. Rolling friction is realized between the rack and the pressure piece....

20060113740 - Active roll control system for a vehicle suspension system: An actuator assembly for an active chassis of a motor vehicle that includes an actuator is disclosed. The actuator includes a first rack and a second rack, and a drive pinion that is in operative engagement with the first and second racks. Substantially linear movement of the first and second...

20060113741 - Suspension system having high strength arm to axle connection: A suspension system having a high strength arm to axle connection. In a described example, a suspension system includes a laterally extending axle and an arm assembly welded to the axle. The arm assembly includes a longitudinally extending arm body having top and bottom surfaces, an axle connector welded to...

20060113742 - Vehicle suspension beam: A hollow vehicle suspension beam (1) has opposed side walls formed with recesses (11) in which an axle wrap (2) is located and secured by welded jointing (12, 13) internally and externally of the opposed side walls to provide a strong joint between the beam and axle wrap. The beam...

20060113743 - Opposing spring resilient tension suspension system: A suspension and method applies the unsprung weight of the wheels and axles to reduce the motion of the sprung weight of chassis. The suspension has a load bolster supporting the sprung weight at a ride height and a rebound member between the wheel axle support and the chassis. The...

20060113744 - Wheel suspension for vehicles: A wheel suspension for vehicles that includes leaf spring assemblies mounted in pairs on each side of the vehicle in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and also at least one damper device mounted on the vehicle in conjunction with at least one wheel axle. The wheel suspension also has...

20060113745 - Device for fixing the front end assembly of a motorcycle with caster angle and adjustable ground caster angle: Device for fixing the front end assembly of a motorcycle includes an upper plate, a lower plate, a column shaft linking the two plates by enclosing the chassis column tube. The bearings originally mounted are replaced by an assembly of parts and the swivel joint element. The rotating elements are...

20060113746 - Reclining wheelchair: A wheelchair has a reclined configuration and an upright configuration. In the upright configuration, the seat of the wheelchair is at least substantially perpendicular to a back support and located at a first elevation. An actuator is useful to lift the seat during the movement to the reclined configuration to...

20060113747 - Motorcycle skidplate: A motorcycle skidplate is disclosed to protect motorcycle oil vessels and lines from rupture by foreign objects, resulting in oil being interposed between a motorcycle wheel and the surface being traversed, causing a loss of control of the motorcycle. In particular, oil pans exposed below the motorcycle frame are susceptible...

20060113748 - Protective cage for motorcycle engine: A protective cage for a motorcycle has a member with a bottom and two side portions. The two side portions are spaced apart from each other so as to receive the motorcycle. The side portions are coupled to the sides of the motorcycle frame at coupling points. The cage provides...

20060113749 - Articulated dozer with frame structure for decreased height variation in the vehicle chassis: An articulated loader has an articulated chassis and two A-frames. The points of the A-frames face each other. The articulated chassis includes a front portion and a rear portion. Likewise, there is a front or first A-frame and a rear or second A-frame. The A-frames are connected to the overall...

20060113750 - Slider with brake plate: A slider includes a main board movable on a snow ground, and a brake plate mounted on the main board and protruding outward from the main board to face the snow ground. The brake plate is formed with a shovel portion extended toward the snow ground. Thus, the shovel portion...

20060113751 - Vehicle seat assembly: A vehicle seat assembly including a trim cover having an end portion. A coupling member is disposed proximate the end portion. The coupling member engages an air bag module to secure the trim cover....

20060113753 - Vehicle seat assembly: A vehicle seat assembly includes a frame for mounting the seat assembly to a vehicle, a seat pad disposed proximate the frame, and a trim cover disposed over the seat pad. The trim cover includes a seam adjacent a side of the seat pad. A pad shield covers at least...

20060113752 - Vehicle seat assembly with separable air bag guide retainers: In at least certain embodiments, the vehicle seat assembly comprises a frame, a seat pad, a trim cover extending over the seat pad and including a first and second end portion forming a release seam adjacent the seat pad, and an air bag assembly within the trim cover. In accordance...

20060113755 - Cover for an air bag device: A cover for an air bag device that enables an emblem to be secured to the cover in an extremely simple manner. The cover includes a recess for receiving the emblem. An extension of the emblem is extended through a hole in the cover. A distal end of the extension...

20060113754 - Vehicle seat assembly: A vehicle seat assembly includes a trim cover defining an outside surface of the seat assembly, and including a frangible portion extending along a length of the trim cover. An airbag assembly includes an airbag and an inflator configured to supply gas to the airbag. An airbag housing includes a...

20060113757 - Headliner restraint systems: Systems for restraining movement of occupants within a vehicle are detailed. Such systems utilize vehicle headliners as parts thereof, with the headliners tensioned to help restrain passenger movement. The headliners may be connected directly or indirectly to inflatable structures typically positioned beneath the headliners. Thus, when the structures inflate, they...

20060113756 - Vehicle seat component side air bag module having air bag guide including flexible inner and outer panels attached to frame: A vehicle seat component (18) includes a side air bag module (18) mounted on a frame (24) within a trim cover (34) that also covers a seat pad (30). An air bag guide (44) includes flexible inner and outer panels (46,48) that extend between a release seam (36) of the...

20060113758 - Vehicle seat assembly: A vehicle seat assembly having a back panel. The back panel is configured to flex to create a gap through which an air bag is deployed....

20060113759 - Vehicle seat assembly: A vehicle seat assembly including a frame, an air bag module, and a trim cover having an end portion. A first coupling member is disposed proximate the end portion. A second coupling member is adapted to engage the first coupling member. The second coupling member is received in a slot...

20060113760 - Vehicle seat assembly: A vehicle seat assembly having a back panel. The back panel includes a door configured to open when the air bag is inflated....

20060113764 - Vehicle seat assembly: A vehicle seat assembly includes a frame for mounting the seat to a vehicle. The seat assembly also includes a seat pad molded from a polymeric material and located proximate the frame. A trim cover is disposed over the seat pad, and includes a seam adjacent a side of the...

20060113767 - Vehicle seat assembly with air bag guide: A vehicle seat assembly includes an air bag arrangement having an inflatable air bag, and a guide disposed proximate the air bag arrangement for facilitating deployment of the air bag. The assembly further includes a seat cushion attached to the guide, and a cover material overlaying the seat cushion, the...

20060113761 - Vehicle seat assembly with air bag guide retainer: In at least certain embodiments, the vehicle seat assembly comprises a frame, a seat pad, a trim cover extending over the seat pad and including a release seam adjacent the seat pad, and an air bag assembly within the trim cover. In accordance with this embodiment, the air bag assembly...

20060113763 - Vehicle seat assembly with air bag seam opener: In at least certain embodiments, the vehicle seat assembly comprises a frame, a seat pad, a trim cover including a release seam, a connector to maintain the release seam in a closed position, and an air bag assembly within the trim cover. In accordance with this embodiment, the air bag...

20060113768 - Vehicle seat assembly with inflatable air bag: A vehicle seat assembly includes an air bag arrangement having an inflatable air bag, and a cover material overlaying the air bag arrangement. The cover material has first and second sections that define a seam through with the air bag is deployable. A retainer is connected to the first and...

20060113769 - Vehicle seat assembly with inflatable air bag: A vehicle seat assembly includes an inflatable air bag and a housing associated with the air bag. The housing includes first and second housing portions that are moveable away from each other upon inflation of the air bag, and the first and second housing portions have first and second receptacles,...

20060113762 - Vehicle seat assembly with spaced air bag guide retainers: In at least certain embodiments, the vehicle seat assembly comprises a frame, a seat pad, a trim cover including a first and second end adjacent each other to form a release seam, and an air bag assembly mounted on the frame. In accordance with this embodiment, the air bag assembly...

20060113770 - Vehicle seat component side air bag module having air bag guide including flexible inner and outer panels attached by module connector and frame connector and trim cover attached by frame connector: A vehicle seat component (18) includes a side air bag module (18) mounted on a frame (24) within a trim cover (34) that also covers a seat pad (30). An air bag guide (44) includes flexible inner and outer panels (46,48) that extend between a release seam (36) of the...

20060113771 - Vehicle seat component side air bag module having air bag guide including flexible inner and outer panels attached by module mounting and frame connector: A vehicle seat component (18) includes a side air bag module (18) mounted on a frame (24) within a trim cover (34) that also covers a seat pad (30). An air bag guide (44) includes flexible inner and outer panels (46,48) that extend between a release seam (36) of the...

20060113772 - Vehicle seat component side air bag module having air bag guide including flexible inner and outer panels attached to a seat pad attachment wire and to the seat component frame: A vehicle seat component (18) includes a side air bag module (18) mounted on a frame (24) within a trim cover (34) that also covers a seat pad (30). An air bag guide (44) includes flexible inner and outer panels (46, 48) that extend between a release seam (36) of...

20060113773 - Vehicle seat component side air bag module having air bag guide including flexible inner and outer panels attached to seat pad attachment wires: A vehicle seat component (18) includes a side air bag module (18) mounted on a frame (24) within a trim cover (34) that also covers a seat pad (30). An air bag guide (44) includes flexible inner and outer panels (46,48) that extend between a release seam (36) of the...

20060113765 - Vehicle seat side air bag system: A side air bag restraint sub-assembly is disposed in a cavity in a vehicle seat. A reinforcement panel is secured to either the inflator bolts or the seat fame on one edge. The opposite edge of the reinforcement panel is sewn to a hem on one side of a tear...

20060113766 - Vehicle seat side air bag system: A side air bag module is disposed in a cavity in a vehicle seat. At least one reinforcement panel is secured to either the air bag module or the seat frame on an anchoring edge. The opposite edge of the reinforcement panel is sewn to a hem on one side...

20060113774 - Airbag system for steering wheel: An airbag system for a steering wheel according to the present invention, an airbag is folded through a first step and a second step after the airbag is unfolded flatly with the driver side wall and the vehicle body side wall superimposed. In the first step, the right side region...

20060113776 - Airbag system for steering wheel: In an airbag system for a steering wheel according to the invention, an airbag is folded through a first step and a second step after the airbag is unfolded flatly with a driver side wall and a vehicle body side wall superposed each other. Before the first step, the airbag...

20060113775 - Vehicle steering wheel with an airbag module: A vehicle steering wheel (20) includes a movable airbag module (24) which can be depressed by a limited axial stroke for generating a horn signal. The vehicle steering wheel (20) further includes a sensor system (22a, 22b) operating in a contactless manner for determining the stroke....

20060113777 - Passenger airbag system: An airbag system including an airbag housing, for containing an airbag, a chute channel for guiding the airbag towards a passenger cabin upon inflation and an instrument panel (IP), separating the airbag housing and the chute channel from the passenger cabin where the chute channel is adapted to be deformed...

20060113778 - Air bag device start control device: An activation control device for an airbag device decreases the management costs by generalization of satellite sensors. There is provided at least one impact detection section disposed at a predetermined position of a vehicle, which detects a degree of shock applied to the vehicle; and a main control section connected...

20060113779 - Crash acceleration pulse control block for vehicle: A crash acceleration pulse control block for a vehicle. An auxiliary mounting unit capable of adjusting a crash contact area while serving as a bumper is installed at a front portion of a radiator lower member to obtain reliable initial crash acceleration of the vehicle. This is an important factor...

20060113780 - Inflator with ignitor jet deflector: An inflator (40) includes structure defining a fluid storage chamber (50) and an exit passage (94). A fluid (52) stored in the chamber (50), when heated beyond a predetermined temperature, undergoes one of combustion, thermal decomposition, or a change of state to result in inflation fluid. An ignitor (82), when...

20060113781 - Knee support element for motor vehicle: Knee support element for motor vehicles for absorbing energy in a knee region in case of a crash of the vehicle, including a first deformation element for absorbing energy upon impact of the knees in a first impact zone and a second deformation element for absorbing energy upon impact of...

20060113782 - Vehicle passenger restraining system: A vehicle passenger restraining system comprises a knee bolster, a bolster movement structure, a collision detecting section and a control section. The knee bolster is disposed in a front portion of a seat in a vehicle. The bolster movement structure is coupled to the knee bolster to apply a rearwardly...

20060113783 - Electronic controller for a vehicle leveling system and vehicle leveling system comprising same: An electronic controller for a vehicle leveling system comprises an extend-enable switch, a retract-enable switch, an all-activate switch, and at least one group-activate switch. It is configured to generate an all-extend electronic signal upon coordinated actuation of the extend-enable switch and the all-activate switch, an all-retract electronic signal upon coordinated...

20060113784 - Front body structure of vehicle: In a front body structure of a vehicle according to the present invention, satisfactory impact absorption can be achieved both at the time of offset collision and at the time of full-lapped collision. When a load applied to an offset-collided front side member (10 or 12) from a front side...

20060113785 - Seatbelt apparatus and tongue retrieval assisting device: A seatbelt apparatus installed in a motor vehicle, including a tongue retrieval assisting device to assist the occupant in retrieving a tongue supported by the seatbelt. The tongue retrieval assistance device may include a rod for conveying a tongue to a tongue retrieval position, in which the rod is telescopically...

20060113786 - Height adjuster with spring having dual functions: A height adjuster for a vehicle safety restraint has a web guide (38) and a track (84) for the web guide. The web guide (38) is vertically moveable along the track (84). A lock (76) has a lock condition for preventing vertical movement of the web guide (38) along the...

20060113787 - Device for supporting a snowboard during use: The present invention is a support device for easing the strain on the legs of a snowboarder by supporting the weight of a snowboard while riding a chair lift as well as while snowboarding. The device comprises a belt wearable around a waist of a user, a down strap, where...